What better way to catch a Pikachu, but with a functional Pokeball! The origin of this amigurumi pattern began when one day my friend, Tina, asked me regarding another crochet Pokeball I had made, “Does it open?” And that one, at the time, did not. BUT… that question got the gears rolling in my head, and I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be crazy if I did make a Pokeball that opened and closed and could capture whatever Pokemon was out there to be found?!”

And thus was born, the Pokeball Pod, quite the magical form. It’s a tool that every Pokemon trainer must carry, and also functions as quite a lovely and comfy home for your Pokemon. I only know how to create the Pokeball, but alas, the actual mechanics of how a Pokeball works is beyond me!

So anyways, let’s get to the pattern so you can continue to collect and train your Pokemon! Please enjoy and do let me know how your crochet and Pokemon adventure turns out. Don’t forget to share with me on my Facebook and Instagram!

POKEBALL TOPRound 1: With red, 6 sc into adjustable ring.Round 2: 2 sc in each st around – 12 sc.Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] around – 18 sc.Round 4: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st] around – 24 sc.Round 5: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 3 st] around – 30 sc.Round 6-9: Sc in each st around.
Fasten off and cut.
You have just created Part A. Repeat Rounds 1-8 only to create Part B. (The Part B will be one round less than Part A) Do not fasten or cut off yarn on Part B. Now, stack Part B on top of Part A (see photo).Round 10: Join the two layers with sc around (to get started, insert hook though sts of both Part A and Part B) – 30 sc. (See photo)Round 11: With black, sl st around.Round 12: Hdc in each ch around. Sl st to join to first hdc made. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

POKEBALL BOTTOMRound 1: With white, 6 sc into adjustable ring.Round 2: 2 sc in each st around – 12 sc.Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] around – 18 sc.Round 4: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 2 st] around – 24 sc.Round 5: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 st] around – 28 sc.Round 6-9: Sc in each st around.
Fasten off and cut.
You have just created Part A. Repeat Rounds 1-8 only to create Part B. (The Part B will be one round less than Part A). Do not fasten or cut off yarn. Stack Part B on top of Part A.Round 10: Join the two layers with sc around – 28 sc. Sl st to first sc made.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

LATCH
With black, ch 12, sl st to first ch. Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

ASSEMBLY
1. Use the white tail end of the Pokeball Bottom to sew to the Pokeball top. Sew into the red stitches and back into the white stitches. You will only need to sew across 4 sts. See photos below.
2. Hide and cut all ends.
3. Sew Circle Button to Pokeball Top. Placement: In between the red and black band in center of Pokeball.
4. Sew Latch onto Pokeball bottom. Placement: One row down from top.
5. Hide and cut all ends.
6. Now you’ve finished your Pokeball. You can use the latch to hook around the circle button to close the Pokeball. Give it a try!

PIKACHU AMIGURUMIRound 1: With yellow, 6 sc into adjustable ring.Round 2: 2 sc in each st around – 12 sc.Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] around – 18 sc.Round 4: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 8 st] around – 20 sc.Round 5-6: Sc in each st around.Round 7: [Sc2tog, sc in next 8 st] around – 18 sc. Note: If you use safety eyes, place them now in between the 6th and the 7th round. There should be spaced 4 sts apart.Round 8: [Sc2tog, sc in next st] around – 12 sc.Round 9: [Sc2tog, sc in next st] around – 8 sc.Round 10: [Sc2tog, sc in next 2 st] around – 6 sc.Round 11: 2 sc in each st around – 12 sc.Round 12: Sc in each st around.Round 13: [2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 st] around – 14 sc.Round 14-15: Sc in each st around.Round 16: (In back loop only) Sc2tog around – 7 sc.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Stuff and sew closed.

PIKACHU ASSEMBLY
1. Stuff Body and sew closed. Other parts are not stuffed.
2. Sew ears to head
3. Sew limbs to body
4. Sew Tail to back of body
5. Use brown yarn to embroider 2 lines on the back.
6. For felt eyes, you can cut 2 small circles. Eye Placement: Between 6th and 7th round from top down. Eyes should be placed about 4 sts apart. Stitch or glue on.
7. Cut 2 small red ovals for the blush for Pikachu’s cheek. Stitch or glue on.
8. Cut and hide all ends.

Here’s a crochet stop motion animation showing how Kitty Mods like to travel. This was my very first attempt at Stop Motion animation and was pretty fun to do. I created it using imovies on my Mac. I tried to use a music that seemed a little humorous and portray the Kitty Mods traveling across a wide expanse.

It’s quite easy to transform my Kitty Mod pattern into something a little bit more special. Just use your imagination! Treats and fruits are a fun place to start. And that’s what I did in the case of my S’mores and Strawberry Kitty Mods.

Strawberry Kitty Mod

Leafy Part
With green yarn
Ch 6, sl st into 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 ch, sl st in next 2 st,
*ch 5, sl st into 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 2 ch, sl st in next ch, sl st to join to previous leaf* (repeat 4x)
Total leaves = 5
Fasten off, leaving a long tail. Sew onto the back of Kitty Mod.

Now all that’s left is to create the little dots on the Strawberry. Here you can get creative. What I did is to use cotton thread (size 10) to create little French knots and sew them down. If you don’t like French knots, just do Ch 2, sc into first ch to create the little dots.

You can also use beads or rhinestones to give it an extra sparkle. I just glued down some acrylic rhinestones using Fabri-tac. What’s nice about doing this is there are no ends to hide! Anyways, there’s really no wrong way to do this!

Happy crocheting! Be sure to share your project with me through my social media. I’d love to see!

I love cats in general. Growing up, cats always seemed to naturally come into my life for one reason or another. Currently the cat in my life is a female cat named Hobbes, as seen in the above picture. When I created this pattern, I imagined a world run on Kitty Energy. Kitties would be the source of everything, pretty much from fruits, vegetables, desserts, random objects, transportation, weather, and so on. But before I could populate such a world with these different type of Kitties, I wanted to create a very simple basic cat amigurumi pattern, and so this is the result.

I call this crochet pattern “Kitty Mod” because I imagine all these different kitties with different mods (short for modifications) to them, and I see them all frolicking about in this wonderful universe. In the pictures, you can see Strawberry Kitty Mod, S’mores Kitty Mod, and Candy Corn Kitty Mod. I will blog very soon how to add on these simple customizations, but for now, please enjoy my Kitty Mod Pattern! Don’t forget to share them with me after you’ve finished your project. I’d love to see your version of Kitty Mod! My social media is listed below after the pattern.

Supplies

Any color acrylic yarn, worsted weight

5.0mm H Crochet Hook

Black Felt for eyes, or safety eyes

Yarn Needle, Stitch marker, Scissors

Abbreviations

PATTERN

HEAD
Round 1: 6 sc into adjustable ring.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st around – 12 sc.
Round 3: [2 sc in next st, sc in next st] around – 18 sc.
Round 4-6: Sc in each st around. Note: We will now work in rows. If you’re using safety eyes, now is the time to put them in. I like to put them between the 4th and 5th round with 4 sts in between the eyes.
Row 7: Stuff lightly and crochet shut with 8 sc across. See photos below for reference.
Row 8: Ch 1, turn, 2 hdc into first sc, sl st in next 6 st, [2 hdc, sl st] into last st.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

TAIL (optional)
Row 1: Ch 6, sl st into 2nd ch from hook and into each ch across – 5 sl st.
Fasten off, leaving a long tail.

ASSEMBLY
1. Sew Head to Body
2. Sew 2 Legs to Front of Body
3. Sew 2 Legs to Back of Body
4. Sew Tail (optional)
5. Make eyes for the cats. I like to cut 2 small black circles from felt and glue them on. You can also embroider the eyes or use safety eyes.
6. Cut and hide all ends.

The Crochet Sushi Magnet is such a quick and fun pattern to do. And they have such endless uses you can come up with. If you add in a magnet, you can stick it on the fridge with notes attached. I like to use my sushi magnets to hang up my photos or postcards. If you don’t want to use magnets, you can just have them be play food items or decor. I even made one into a keychain. And they’d make great party favors, especially if they are Asian themed!

Alright so let’s get to it.

Supplies

Red, White, and Black yarn, worsted weight (I used some Red Heart Super Saver and also some Vanna White yarn from Lionbrand)

5.0mm H Crochet Hook

Neodymium Magnet aka Super Rare Earth Magnet.

Yarn Needle, Stitch marker, Scissors

Abbreviations

PATTERN

Round 1: With Red yarn, Ch 2, 6 sc into 2nd ch from hook.Round 2: With White yarn, 2 sc in each st around — 12 sc.Round 3: With Black yarn and in Back Loop, sl st in each st around.Round 4: In Back Loop [2 sc in next st, sc in next 5 st] around — 14 sc.Round 5: [Sc2tog, sc in next 5 st] around — 12 sc.Round 6: (with White yarn and in Back Loop) Sc2tog all around — 6 sc.
Finish off leaving a long tail.
Insert Neo-magnet and sew closed.

Crochet Sushi Magnet Video Tutorial

And finally for those visual learners out there, here’s a crochet tutorial video that takes you step by step through each Round in the pattern. It assumes you already know how to crochet! I plan on coming out with basic crochet video tutorials very soon, so I’ll keep you posted!

Extra notes:
You want to be sure to get the extra strong magnets or it won’t be able to be powerful to stick through the yarn. If you get a weaker magnet, I’d recommend glueing it to the outside of of the sushi. A good strong glue to use is E-6000.

The awesome guys over at Ktdata came to visit my table at Anime Expo and I was lucky enough to get interviewed by them. This was my first interview done on film and it was fun to do! You can catch me talking about the Giant Totoro and talking about crochet and amigurumis in general. Take a look!

The Charming Chameleon pattern is a lizard full of crochet fun. He has a long tail that curls into an elegant spiral and huge eyes that peers curiously out at the world. Using this pattern, you’ll learn the open mouth technique which gives the chameleon its cute and playful expression. There are many photos in the pattern that helps makes this pattern a pleasure to follow.

Price: $5

Level: Intermediate

Approximate Size: 9 inches in length, 5 inches in height

Format:PD (5 pages) written in American Crochet Standard

Notable Features: Open Mouth Technique, Spiral tail, spikes on head and back

You’ll squeal with cuteness at this little black pig that is very easy to crochet up. His name is P-chan and he’s from one of my favorite old school animes, Ranma 1/2. He’s a pig with a very terrible sense of direction. He’s forever getting hopelessly lost! He has a very dashing yellow bandana with slash marks all around.

Hey guys, I just came back from Anime Expo and had such a blast! This year I didn’t have as much inventory as I would have liked (wedding planning sort of derailed it), but I did get to bring a Giant Totoro amigurumi crochet plush I made.

It took me about a month working on and off on it. I would say a good weeks worth of crochet in terms of hours. He took about 30 pounds of polyfill stufffing and approximately 20 skeins of yarn (it may be more, I lost track after a bit!)

Here’s a picture of our table at artist alley with my good friend Vincent.
Something new for this year, I got a good turning display for my photo prints of my amis. It was a steal of $5 at a yard sale, score!

I also got to cosplay as Miku again as well as Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. I definitely caught the cosplaying bug now!

A customer commissioned me to make a Snorlax with an apple on its head for her hat.

Some cool items at the expo:

Avengers Assemble in Pillow Form!Alpacas were all the rageHello Kitty glasses

And finally here is Totoro on his adventure to Anime Expo where he met some wonderful friends along the way and saw some crazy sights!

Can we take the carpool lane?In the parking lot, Vincent says “You need to go on a diet Totoro!”We have officially arrived at AX!Going up!

Reunions with fellow Studio Ghibli friends and some fun conversations!“Hey Kiki, how’s JiJi doing?”“That sucks you got turned into a scarecrow”“If I shake you, will you rattle?”“Yeah I need to get my pilot license as well”

And then somehow he got transported inside the new Studio Ghibli game.“Whoa this is crazy”

He also ran into some new friends along the way.“Eye see you”“Kamehameha”“Congrats, I just heard your new movie came out”The paparazzi arrivesYou’re so fluffy!I wish we could stay like this forever

And finally we say Goodbye to Anime Expo as Artist Alley closes and we pack up and head out.

Thanks all for visiting my table! And thanks to Jamie and Eric for photos and taking Totoro on a tour. Thanks to Vincent, Hannah, David, and my sis for helping out with the table!

If you have any cool photos of Totoro, please do send them my way at amiamour@gmail.com.

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